If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you.

Quote by James Taylor

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Music is like a huge release of tension.

Music is like a huge release of tension.

There'll come a writing phase where you have to defend the time, unplug the phone...

There'll come a writing phase where you have to defend the time, unplug the phone...

I've seen fire and I've seen rain. I've seen sunny days that I thought would...

I've seen fire and I've seen rain. I've seen sunny days that I thought would...

Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend?

Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend?

Somehow it helps just to take something that's internal and externalize it, to see it...

Somehow it helps just to take something that's internal and externalize it, to see it...

I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love...

I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love...

I always thought that I'd see you baby, one more time again, now.

I always thought that I'd see you baby, one more time again, now.

Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into...

Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into...

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.

It's hard to find a way forward. When you're 18 it happens in huge chunks...

It's hard to find a way forward. When you're 18 it happens in huge chunks...

It's probably foolish to expect relationships to go on forever and to say that because...

It's probably foolish to expect relationships to go on forever and to say that because...

My body's aching and my time is at hand and I won't make it any...

My body's aching and my time is at hand and I won't make it any...

Keep your head together and call my name out loud.

Keep your head together and call my name out loud.

You just call out my name, and you know where ever I am I'll come...

You just call out my name, and you know where ever I am I'll come...

Americans work a long away ahead of themselves because of the size of the place....

Americans work a long away ahead of themselves because of the size of the place....

Won't you look down upon me, Jesus, You've got to help me make a stand.

Won't you look down upon me, Jesus, You've got to help me make a stand.

You have to choose whether to love yourself or not.

You have to choose whether to love yourself or not.

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought...

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought...

I was in chemical jail.

I was in chemical jail.

Been walking my mind to an easy time, my back turned towards the sun.

Been walking my mind to an easy time, my back turned towards the sun.